Curtis G. Viebranz, the former CEO of Tacoda and president of AOL’s Platform-A, has been named to the Board of Directors of Peer39 which focuses on online semantic advertising to match ads and content. Peer39 has a development team in Israel. Other board members include Warren Lee of Canaan Partners, Ned Carlson, a managing director of Dawntreader Ventures, and Daniel T. Ciporin, the former chairman and CEO of Shopping.com and a partner at Canaan Partners.

Viebranz joined Tacoda as president & chief operating officer in April 2004. In July of 2006, he was named chief executive officer where he helped increase Tacoda sales by over 1000 percent and more than quintupled the size of its staff. He was one of the company’s original investors.

AOL acquired Tacoda in 2007.